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'There's blame on both sides': Politicians react to Trump's comments on Charlottesville

Trump said the 'alt-left' beared some responsibility for the violence in Virginia on Saturday

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Updated: 8:07 PM CDT Aug 15, 2017

'There's blame on both sides': Politicians react to Trump's comments on Charlottesville

Trump said the 'alt-left' beared some responsibility for the violence in Virginia on Saturday

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'There's blame on both sides': Politicians react to Trump's comments on Charlottesville

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A day after President Donald Trump gave in to political pressure and denounced, by name, the white supremacists and neo-Nazis who rallied in Charlottesville this past weekend, he reversed course and again claimed "both sides" were to blame for the violence in the Virginia city.

"What about the alt-left that came charging at, as you say, the alt-right, do they have any semblance of guilt?" the president asked. "What about the fact they came charging with clubs in hands, swinging clubs, do they have any problem, I think they do."

He said the groups protesting against white supremacists were "also very violent."

In a thread of 6 tweets, Sen. Marco Rubio said "The organizers of events which inspired & led to #charlottesvilleterroristattack are 100% to blame for a number of reasons. They are adherents of an evil ideology which argues certain people are inferior because of race, ethnicity or nation of origin. When entire movement built on anger & hatred towards people different than you, it justifies & ultimately leads to violence against them. These groups today use SAME symbols & same arguments of #Nazi & #KKK, groups responsible for some of worst crimes against humanity ever. Mr. President, you can't allow #WhiteSupremacists to share only part of blame. They support idea which cost nation & world so much pain. The #WhiteSupremacy groups will see being assigned only 50% of blame as a win. We can not allow this old evil to be resurrected."